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What does everyone prefer to use when in the field for steadying their rifle when hunting, if anything? Some type of sticks, bipod, or tripod? Or just a sitting position using the knees? I've used the Steady Stix for both varmints and larger animals but was wondering what others use. | ||
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It doesn't hurt to take sticks with you. After all, you don't need to use them. I have three pair (through trial and error) and the last ones I bought are the best. All three are Stoney Points, the first two were the short ones, which when fully exteded are knee highs- a waste of time. If you're in the grasses, not tall enough. Tripods are nice, but not if you need a quick shot. Also, those that need to be "telescoped" to proper height although portable, also not good for quick shots. The ones to get are the "? adventurers ?" Anyway, when not extended they're knee highs and when extended they're shoulder high. Regardless, whatever you buy, PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE in all shooting positions. If you're a cheap bastard take a couple of golf shafts (grips on) and tie the grips together with electrical tape. They'll do in a pinch. Oh and did I mention PRACTICE? Esp. in non kneeling positions..... There are two types of people in the world: those that get things done and those who make excuses. There are no others. | |||
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I have tried bipods, sticks, etc. with varying degrees of success. For the last several years I have used a sling exclusively and like it the best. It is cuff style tactical sling by Tactical Intervention. With practice from the sitting, prone or standing position it serves me very well. Easy to use. From the sitting or prone position it is no problem to stay on a coyote way out there. My longest kill with this type of sling in the sitting postion was a lasered 332 yards on a coyote with a 260 Remington using 120 gr. Nosler B.T. @ 3030 fps. PaPa 260 | |||
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I use the Stoney Point tripod and have come to really like its utility. Packing in I use it as a walking stick always fully extended, the third leg is a little longer than the other two, this works nicely for walking. If I need a quick shot I use it as a bipod by aligning two legs together. If I have plenty of time I use it as a tripod. By simply moving the third leg back and front you raise and lower the height. I particularly like it as a bipod for my binoculars, by spreading it over my lap after shortening the legs. Resting my Binocs on it I glass a lot more because my arms don't fatigue.   Good shooting.phurley | |||
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I use a bi pod a lot. I have thought about sticks but never got around to them just keep using my bi pod. | |||
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two wooden dowels taped together about six inches below the end. Cut to a length that I can grip the top of when my elbow is bent at 90 degrees. Use as walking stick and they are the perfect height for shotting from sitting or kneeling Mike Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Primarily, I use sitting with a sling. With practice, it isn't hard to hit 10 x 10 inch target out to 600 yards. I can definitely keep my shots less than one MOA in the field with this. I also use a bipod, but use a shooting sling as well. I use the sitting version, but I place the buttstock on my knee. Then I put my left arm thru the sling, then reach under my left leg and grab the sling. It is just like shooting off a bench. The crosshairs absolutely don't move, and unlike sitting with just a sling, high winds don't blow the crosshairs around (drift itself is still a problem). On rifles above 7mm, you need a muzzle break or your forehead will be whacked, because the buttplate is against your bicep, not your shoulder. So I carry my bipod and attach it if I need to. | |||
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I'm a big fan of the Harris bi-pods. I've got the ones that are high enough to shoot with when kneeling or sitting. They've been tall enough in most of the grassy stuff I've been in, but not all, at that ocassion, I whipped out my shock corded standing height stoney sticks! | |||
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